Incidents

US forces strike a drug boat in the Caribbean
Crime & Piracy

VIDEO | Another US attack on drug boat in Caribbean kills four

Reuters
Aerial view of smoke billowing from the hold of the bulk carrier Federal Welland at the Port of Cardiff, UK, August 25, 2026
Incidents

Fire ignites on bulk carrier in Cardiff, UK

Gareth Havelock
An Indian Coast Guard boarding team inspects an empty lifeboat that was aboard the Panamanian-flagged bulk carrier Ocean Winner when it sank in the Bay of Bengal on August 22, 2026. Only two survivors have been reported among the ship's 24-strong crew as of August 26, 2026.
Search and Rescue

Chinese vessels join search for missing cargo ship crew in Bay of Bengal

Gareth Havelock
US forces boarding the Iran-linked tanker Tifani
Crime & Piracy

FACTBOX | Inside the new US "economic onslaught" taking aim at Iran

Reuters
Kharg Island, Iran
Crime & Piracy

OPINION | New US sanctions against Iran look more like a threat than reality

Reuters
Caspian Pipeline Consortium single-point mooring
Transport & Pipelines

Drone attacks on CPC pipeline trigger cut in Kazakhstan oil targets

Reuters
US forces strike a drug boat in the Eastern Pacific, August 23, 2026.
Crime & Piracy

VIDEO | US military hits drug boat in the eastern Pacific, two dead

Reuters
The tug SL Sual 1 shortly before it sank off the Philippines' Zambales province during an unsuccessful salvage attempt, August 24, 2026. All 10 people who were on board the tug during the salvage operation jumped overboard and were safely rescued.
Accidents

VIDEO | Refloated tug sinks during salvage attempt off Zambales, Philippines

Jens Karsten
National Iranian Tanker Company tanker
Shipping

US warns nations trading with Iran, stops short of immediate action

Reuters
Port of Novorossiysk
Bulkers

Russia scrambles to safeguard grain exports amid Ukrainian strikes

Reuters
Yanbu terminal, Saudi Arabia
Incidents

Houthis claim attack on Saudi vessel near Yanbu, crew safe

Reuters
FPSO Liza Unity Guyana
Incidents

Laundry room fire disrupts ExxonMobil Guyana FPSO operations

Reuters
Mediterranean Sea
Crime & Piracy

Tunisia illegal migrant boat sinking leaves 11 dead, three missing

Reuters
COLUMN | I have nothing, nothing: Scotland and Tasmania ferry fiascos; New Zealand shipping and emergency towage woes; Oman's dark fleet tanker dilemma; Chinese overfishing off Guinea-Bissau [Offshore Accounts]
Shipping

COLUMN | I have nothing, nothing: Scotland and Tasmania ferry fiascos; New Zealand shipping and emergency towage woes; Oman's dark fleet tanker dilemma; Chinese overfishing off Guinea-Bissau [Offshore Accounts]

Hieronymus Bosch
The bulk carrier Sun Winner II (later renamed Ocean Winner) in 2023
Accidents

22 missing after bulk carrier sinks off India's east coast

Gareth Havelock
The burning fishing vessel Drennec while approximately 527 miles southwest of the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador, August 20, 2026. All 27 of her crew were safely rescued by a Good Samaritan vessel that had diverted to the area to assist.
Accidents

27 rescued from burning fishing vessel off Ecuador's Galapagos Islands

Will Xavier
Map of Somalia Pexels
Crime & Piracy

Somali pirates capture Iran-linked "shadow fleet" tanker

Reuters
Surveyors inspect the punctured hull of the offshore support vessel Thunder after it was accidentally struck by the bulk carrier Bunun Queen just south of Port Fourchon, Louisiana, on July 22, 2022. Investigators found that at the time of the collision, Bunun Queen's master and second officer were both engaged in non-navigational tasks instead of maintaining a proper lookout as required by international law.
Accidents

COLUMN | Lessons from outside the bubble: what the shipping industry could learn about safety from other sectors [Grey Power]

Michael Grey
Liberty Island with the Statue of Liberty
Crime & Piracy

US immigration officials arrest captain of illegal charter boat involved in fatal capsizing

Will Xavier
Screenshot of video footage alleged to be that of the final voyage of the ferry Mbuya Nehanda on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe on August 11, 2026. The ferry capsized later that same day, leaving at least 92 people dead as of August 17, 2026.
Accidents

Zimbabwe launches formal inquest into Lake Kariba ferry tragedy as death toll climbs to 97

Jens Karsten
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